Chapter 322 Zhang Leqian passed away

Zhang Zhixuan settled the three disciples, and then arranged for the beast ship to send the unsuccessful monks back to Qingxuan Sect. Only a dozen days later, a beast ship from Chaoyin Mountain arrived at Heishan, bringing with it a letter that Zhang Leqian was critically ill.

Since the rebellion of the monster beasts in the southern wilderness, Zhang Leqian has returned to Tiantai Peak, his ancestral home.

For more than ten years, he has left the world behind, leaving all the family affairs to the young people, and has been living in the back mountain of Tiantai Peak. When he is free, he goes to Lingjing Mountain to teach the young people.

Starting a month ago, Zhang Leqian suddenly felt tired, and soon his body collapsed. After just two or three days, he could not get out of bed.

Zhang Siming, who was in charge of the family affairs, saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately wrote a letter to Yanlai Peak and entrusted the beast ship passing through Heishan to bring it over.

Zhang Zhixuan did not dare to neglect the letter after receiving it, and arranged for Liang Laozu's fifth disciple Yu Jinglong to guard Heishan. He immediately returned to Taicheng County with Qingchan and Hanyan.

Because waiting for the beast ship took a long time, one and a half months had passed from Zhang Siming writing a letter to Zhang Zhixuan returning to Tiantai Peak. When Zhang Zhixuan and the other two came back, the soul-guiding banner had been hung on Tiantai Peak.

Although the old patriarch wanted to see Zhang Zhixuan and the other two, unfortunately he was unable to do so and had passed away at home half a month ago.

When Zhang Leqian passed away, there were no foundation-building cultivators guarding his home. Sidao was serving in Qingxuan Sect, Sihong was guarding the mountain gate in Guiyuan Mountain, and Tonghuai was also busy in Chaoyin Mountain. The only one left at home was Zhang Siming, who had reached the great perfection of Qi training.

After seeing the patriarch's remains, Zhang Zhixuan presided over his funeral. Tonghuai, who lived not far from home, also took leave and came from afar to see the old patriarch off for the last time.

The old patriarch's funeral was very grand. Almost all the prominent cultivators in Taicheng County came to attend the funeral, and there were even some strangers from Longjiang County, Jiangkou County, and Liaoshan County.

Although Zhang Zhixuan knew that they were looking at the face of the Zhang family's three purple mansions, not because of their deep friendship with Zhang Leqian.

After sending these people away, when all the family monks had paid tribute to the old patriarch's body, Zhang Zhixuan emitted true fire, turned his body into ashes, and then buried it in the family cemetery.

The death of Zhang Leqian meant the end of an era. After he passed away, the only one in the family who was older than Zhang Zhixuan was Aunt Hanyan.

All the monks of the Le generation had been buried, and there was only Aunt Hanyan in the Meng generation. Except for Zhang Zhian, Zhang Zhijing, and Zhang Zhiren, there were no monks of the Zhi generation who were older than him. Even many monks of the Si generation had passed away.

From then on, except for Hanyan, almost all the people in the family were his juniors on the road. Even if there were a few monks older than him, Zhang Zhixuan had been far ahead of them since he was a teenager.

They were able to live out their lives peacefully on the bed, relying on Zhang Zhixuan's protection. If Zhang Zhixuan and Hanyan had not successfully built their foundations, the Zhang family of Tiantai Peak would have been very likely to gradually wither. After Zhang Leqian passed away, the family might also be wiped out.

Zhang Zhixuan looked at a large cemetery in the family, and a sense of pride gradually rose in his heart.

He was only eight years old when he first came to the family cemetery. At that time, there were only less than thirty clan members buried in the cemetery. Now Zhang Zhixuan casually swept it and found that there were more than a hundred monks buried in the cemetery.

A hundred years have passed, and the family cemetery has expanded three times. Just from this point, we can know that the number of monks in the Zhang family has increased greatly.

There are less than thirty monks of the Zhi generation in Zhang Zhixuan's generation, more than forty monks of the Si generation, more than sixty monks of the Tong generation, more than fifty monks of the Yuan generation, and even more than thirty monks of the Guang generation. There are also seven monks of the Sheng generation, and two monks who have entered the Ze generation.

The twelve generation names of Taichu Lemeng, Zhisi Tongyuan, Guangsheng Zemao, which were set by Tairen Patriarch, are almost exhausted.

I am afraid that in another thirty or fifty years, Zhang Zhixuan will need to draft generation names to continue the family's generation.

After completing Zhang Leqian's funeral, Zhang Zhixuan asked Qingchan and the others to return to Heishan first, and he stayed at Tiantai Peak for a while to deter those who were interested.

With Zhang Leqian gone, there were no foundation-building cultivators guarding the family's spiritual veins such as Tiantai Peak, Lingjing Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, and Wanshe Cave.

The Zhang family has three purple mansion cultivators. Although local cultivators dare not make plans, foreign cultivators may not have such concerns.

Once these cross-river dragons grab a vote and run away, leaving the scope of Qingxuan Sect, Zhang Zhixuan will find it difficult to find people even if he wants to take revenge.

Three months later, Zhang Zhixuan was meditating in Wangyue Pavilion when a sound transmission note was sent over. Zhang Zhixuan opened it and found that the person coming was Zhang Siming.

"Siming, what's the important matter?"

"Reporting to Uncle Fourteen, Sijin came to me a few days ago. She has collected 3,000 merits to exchange for the foundation-building pill. After the ancestor passed away, the foundation-building pill has been transferred from the Sutra Library to Uncle Fourteen, so I came here today to report."

Since Zhang Siming failed to build his foundation, he has to repay a large part of his merits every year. Fortunately, with the help of his father Zhang Zhijing, he has repaid 3,000 merits in 15 years.

However, Zhang Zhijing is already 107 years old and can't help him for too long. He may need at least 30 years to repay the remaining 4,000 merits.

He is 58 years old this year. As long as he takes the foundation-building pill, he still has a great chance of building a successful foundation, but Zhang Zhixuan is no longer going to give him a chance.

Now that several foundation-building cultivators are not at home, Zhang Siming's cultivation is already the highest. Once he embezzles money and secretly takes the foundation-building pill to build the foundation, it will be very difficult to deal with him. If this person is executed, the foundation-building pill will be wasted, and a foundation-building cultivator will be lost out of thin air. If he is treated leniently, the family system will be completely destroyed.

So since the patriarch passed away, Zhang Zhixuan has taken the foundation-building pill into his own hands, first to prevent someone from making plans, and second to prevent such a thing from happening, and eliminate the hidden danger in the bud.

Zhang Sijin is also a three-spiritual root cultivator. He is 56 years old this year. He has been cultivating to the ninth level of Qi training for eleven years and has also learned a hundred arts of cultivating immortals.

Since Zhang Mengqin, there has been no outstanding female cultivator in the Zhi generation of the family to become an elder and enter the backbone of the family.

Because of the arrival of Tiankui, female cultivators will lose blood and essence regularly. In the early stage of cultivation, it is more difficult than male cultivators. Only after building the foundation, cutting off the red dragon and taking some elixirs that warm the essence and replenish qi can this loss be made up.

Zhang Sijin can cultivate to the ninth level of Qi training in her forties, which is not easy for a female cultivator.

"I remember that Sijin seems to have no ancestors to rely on. How can she raise three thousand merits?" The cultivators of the Si generation practiced in Lingjing Mountain when they were young. Zhang Zhixuan and Zhang Sijin have met several times and have a little understanding of her, so he asked.

"Sijin has a good relationship with people. Many family cultivators have borrowed her merits." Zhang Siming said with a little bitterness in his heart without showing it on his face.

He still has a chance to build a foundation, but unfortunately the family will not invest resources in losers. Seeing someone about to take the foundation pill, his heart is also mixed with envy and jealousy, and many emotions are mixed in his heart.